Education & Awards

Whitman College, Washington
Bachelor of Arts, Music

University of Washington
Appeared in several opera productions

Opera Music Theater Institute
Opera appearances
Throughout the New York and New Jersey Area


Voice Teachers

Maurice Stern
Marianne Weltmann
Martin Leis
Leon Lishner


Coaching

Franco Corelli
Jerome Hines
Stephen Stone
George Fiore
William Vendice
Nico Castel
Marni Nixon
Richard Woitach
Henry Lewis


Master Classes

Regine Crespin
George London
Martial Singher


Various Stage Directors

Wesley Balk
Arvin Brown
Hal Prince
Richard Pearlmann
Boris Goldovsky
Anthony Stivanello
James Lucas
Arthur Masella
David Ostwald
Yuval Sharon
Andreas Baesler


Various Conductors

Henry Holt
Samuel Krachmalnick
Robert Scandrett
Phillip Brunelle
Rainer Miedel
Anton Coppola
Michael Pratt
Giampaolo Bracali
Richard Buckley
Peter Tiboris
Barbara Day Turner
José Luis Moscovich
Wilhelm Keitel
Michel Singher
Richard Sparks


AWARDS & COMPETITIONS

San Francisco Opera Merola Auditions
Northwest Regional Winner 1979

Music Academy of the West
Full Scholarship 1980

Fellowship Aspen Music Festival
Scholarship 1981

Metroplitan Opera Auditions
Northwest Regional Finalist 1980, 1982, 1983
Upper Mid-West Regional Finalist 1981
Northwest Regional Winner 1984

Ladies Musical Club, Seattle, Washington
Scholarship 1983, 1984